Garrigues’ international commitment, which dates back to its very beginnings and has been further consolidated over the past decade, has propelled the firm to open offices in 13 countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia, which allows us to not only accompany our clients in their international expansion and be highly involved in local markets, but also to participate in the largest cross-border deals. All of this is reflected in our significant international billings, which account for 13% of Garrigues’ total revenue.

The firm’s growth targets come second to profitability. Thanks to our policy of curbing expenses while assuring quality, the productivity ratio in Spain has risen 8.5% in the last five years.

Garrigues is once again the leading law firm in Spain and the European Union in terms of billings. The challenge is to maintain sustained growth in Europe, a mature and highly competitive market, while increasing the weighting of international revenue. The firm posted revenue of €386.9 million in 2020, up 1.4% on 2019.

Garrigues takes a two-fold approach to digitalization, one of its strategic cornerstones. As a business, Garrigues takes the technological steps it needs to ensure a solid future. As a law firm, it draws from its own experience in digital transformation in order to knowledgeably and expertly address its clients’ issues.

To do so, the firm has developed a unique innovation model. Garrigues brings in new market technology that allows it to be more efficient and to better serve clients, while at the same time internally developing tools and solutions to ensure that each step it takes is fully aligned with the firm’s global strategy. An inhouse team of developers and IT specialists work with the firm’s lawyers to continually identify ways to boost the efficiency, productivity and quality of our processes and services.

Along with professional quality and innovation, ethics is one of Garrigues’ three core values. Over the years, the firm has developed a global corporate culture based on solid ethical principles and values, shared by its more than 2,100 members. This culture is key to achieving one of the firm’s major objectives – to consolidate our leading position through excellence – and it allows us to deliver a multidisciplinary service to our clients with the same quality standard across the world.

As an international legal benchmark, we are in an excellent position to address the major challenges facing society and to help build a fairer, more ethical, responsible and sustainable society.

We have pledged to pursue our activities while at the same time advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda. Accordingly, we seek to safeguard and enhance the world’s economic, social and environmental assets. Our work is guided by the United Nations Global Compact, to which Garrigues adhered in 2002.